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Per CBC it's been done in the U.S before. I'm not saying it's an answer, certainly not for all places, but a new mindset needs to emerge. The Dirty Harry, Charles Bronson days are over. Anyone still clinging to that better find a new occupation. That's the reality in Canada where some jurisdictions are cutting help for the disabled and hungry kids to feed the police budgets.
There is a new generation that isn't the brightest, but they like to dismantle things far more than my generation did. Creative solutions aren't always bad, or good...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/police-reform-ideas-united-states-george-floyd-1.5601990
The entire force of cash-strapped Camden was disbanded a few years ago and reconstituted with a new mentality drilled into its officers: community service.
Out went the urban-warrior attitude. In came the guardians. The new departmental policy said officers would no longer be judged by their number of arrests and tickets.
Instead, they were told to patrol on foot, mingle with residents, and build a reservoir of trust to draw upon in a crisis.
A police reform experiment
Residents of Camden, located near Philadelphia, say it's been successful. Murders are down by two-thirds since the year before the police reform, and overall violent crime is down nearly half.
There is a new generation that isn't the brightest, but they like to dismantle things far more than my generation did. Creative solutions aren't always bad, or good...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/police-reform-ideas-united-states-george-floyd-1.5601990
The entire force of cash-strapped Camden was disbanded a few years ago and reconstituted with a new mentality drilled into its officers: community service.
Out went the urban-warrior attitude. In came the guardians. The new departmental policy said officers would no longer be judged by their number of arrests and tickets.
Instead, they were told to patrol on foot, mingle with residents, and build a reservoir of trust to draw upon in a crisis.
A police reform experiment
Residents of Camden, located near Philadelphia, say it's been successful. Murders are down by two-thirds since the year before the police reform, and overall violent crime is down nearly half.
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